Events planned to honor MLK Monday

This annual breakfast was founded by Laura Cunningham, a Stuttgart native, to bring awareness of the life and struggles of Dr. Martin Luther King.

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By Bill Shrum, bshrum@stuttgartdailyleader.com

Stuttgart Daily Leader - Stuttgart, AR

By Bill Shrum, bshrum@stuttgartdailyleader.com

Posted Jan. 18, 2013 at 2:29 PM
Updated Jan 18, 2013 at 2:30 PM

By Bill Shrum, bshrum@stuttgartdailyleader.com

Posted Jan. 18, 2013 at 2:29 PM
Updated Jan 18, 2013 at 2:30 PM

STUTTGART

To celebrate the life and commemorate the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Day, the 27th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast will be held at 9 a.m. Monday in the D.L. O'Neal Family Life Center at First Missionary Baptist Church at 606 N. Porter St.

This annual breakfast was founded by Laura Cunningham, a Stuttgart native, to bring awareness of the life and struggles of Dr. Martin Luther King.

"We invite everyone to join in the celebration," Cunningham said. "This has been a tradition for years."

Cunningham said the breakfast began with a handful of people in attendance, recognizing the achievements of King and others in the fight for civil rights.

"This prayer breakfast is for everyone to come together," Cunningham said. "We have a program and a speaker, Kimberly Williams."

Kimberly Cunningham Williams, a 1986 graduate of Stuttgart High School and a 1989 graduate of Henderson State University at Arkadelphia, is employed in the composing department of the Stuttgart Daily Leader.

Williams is the daughter of Laura Cunningham and the late Stanford Cunningham Sr. and has one child, Zachary R. Williams.

Williams, who is a member of First Missionary Baptist Church, said she has the best pastor this side of heaven, the Rev. C.E. Hawkins Sr.

Williams' hobbies consist of reading, working crossword puzzles and spending quality time with her family members.

The breakfast is prepared by First Missionary Baptist Church member Terry Brown, who has been cooking the annual prayer breakfast for years, Cunningham said.